A brief post about my trip to melbourne
27/05/09
We reached the airport around 830pm to prepare the check in and all. Everything was smooth and steady. The hilarious thing is we started taking photo at the airport like we were some tourist.
28/05/09
We took the plane from emirates and it took us 7 hours to reach the Melbourne international airport. We then took a cab to the city to my brother's apartment. The cab rate is really omg. It's like almost 10cents/sec. We reach the city with a outstanding amount of $80, just to reach the city. Haha.

When we reached my brother's apartment, he was still at home waiting for us before he can go to the school. My brother brought us to a shanghai dumpling restaurant for our first meal, then he proceeded to his school and we started shopping around the city. We went to Melbourne central to walk around and went to the supermarket to get some grocery. Haha.
We then immediately went back to sleep till 5pm plus then we took the city circle tram. It's free. Then we meet my brother again for dinner. We went to a famous ice cream shop and then a Thai resturant for dinner.

29/05/09
We went to the queens Victoria market early in the morning. We spent more than half a day there. And we ate a lot of donut that was fried on the spot. All the products there are humongous.


We then went to Collins street where all the branded shop were. It's only 5pm but the city already darken and felt like 10pm. Again we met my brother for dinner. This time we went to sophia's pizza restaurant, the portion of food there is really generous compared to Singapore's restaurant(what a shame!).
30/05/09
My aunt made some calculations, and we found out that it is more affordable to rent a car rather than following a day tour to the Great Ocean Road. It is a really whinning road. We had our lunch at a fish restaurant along the trip. We then went the to visit the Twelve Apostles and two other place which I totally forgotten the name.



31/05/09
My uncle drove again today, we went to the Phillip island. Haha. Went to quite a lot of places there. Firstly the chocolate factory.

Then the heritage farm. Nothing special about this place. Just that you can see a lot of farm animal.

Then the koala bear conservation farm.

Then the penguin parade. We were not allowed to take any photograph there to prevent frightening the penguins. But they were really cute! The place where we waited for their return were freaking cold.
We then went to the casino! Yes la! Even thought I lost 20 bucks. My brother say it's ok. Just for the thrill. Haha!
01/06/09
Nothing special today, my aunt and family went to the underwater aquarium. However me and mum didn't follow. We went shopping at the city again. Melbourne central, myer, QV. The most surprising thing is that I saw Hema there!
02/06/09

We went to the queen Victoria market again. That place is so big that you can't finish walking in 1 day. We then went to the city again, to get sovenior, chocolate, chips and Tim tam etc. We went to a famous chocolate cafe there. It's damn nice.
03/06/09
We did nothing today except packing our luggage and also to rest. Went to the airport in the evening to check in. However there was some problem with the emirates air plane and there a super long delay. We were then accomodated in a hotel and were then planned to take the plane next morning.
04/06/09
Reached back Singapore in the late afternoon. Home sweet home.
HanQuan